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I have to say I'm not going to be sad to see the big chains die. They killed bookstores, really. It's just karma.
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Well, maybe they did, Kate, but they didn't act alone. If people had simply kept on buying their books at their beloved independent bookstore, the big chains would have gone out of business. It isn't the big chains that drove the knife into the independents' backs, but the buyers.
Now these people are choosing to patronize Amazon over the b&m stores.
This is America and we generally get what the majority wants. It's a bit of a curse, when you think about it, the tyranny of the majority, but there it is.
When the majority choose cheap Chinese-made goods over pricier goods manufactured in America, can they really complain about losing jobs to cheap overseas manufacturers? As I say, it's as if we've lost our ability to perceive cause and effect.